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Perfect and Creamy Instant Pot Sweet Potato

Perfect every time, fluffy and creamy Instant pot sweet potatoes. Perfect start to fall with these sweet potatoes in instant pot that can be served so many ways.

Whip up perfectly cooked sweet potatoes instant pot in 20 minutes. Just cook whole sweet potatoes in pressure cooker and serve, easy peasy. This recipe couldn’t be simpler! So go grab your instant, we are about to make favorite fall food recipe.

Mash cooked sweet potatoes and serve as side dish for thanksgiving, or make sweet potato casserole. A darn healthy side dish isn’t it! Simply toss potatoes in pot and wait for the magic to unfold.

Many of my blog visitors jumped on to me saying “you don’t have to make everything in instant pot. Definitely not those recipes which can easily be made on stove top!” To them I reply saying, yes of course certain recipes can be conveniently made on stove top, but why shouldn’t I be using instant pot for those recipes when I know the fact that my cooking time is going to reduce to almost half in instant pot. The best thing about instant pot unlike other traditional pressure cooker, you can set it and walk away to finish my other chores! That to me is convenient cooking. So why not!

When life gets busy, it’s time to grab instant pot, to make quick and easy meals!

Sweet potatoes in instant pot not just cooks sweet potatoes fluffy and creamy, they cook much faster. Depending on the size of sweet potatoes you use, you’ll need somewhere between 11 minutes to 22 minutes.

Smaller thinner potatoes need lesser time, around 8-10 minutes.

Medium sized potatoes will need approximately 15-16 minutes.

Large sized potatoes I would set timer to 17-20 minutes.

What you need for Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes?

Sweet potatoes – scrubbed and cleaned well.

Instant pot– we used 6 Qt Duo Plus Instant Pot.

Trivet – a trivet ring or steamer basket to place sweet potatoes.

Water – to help steam sweet potatoes.

Wooden Spoon with long handle – to help carefully remove steamed sweet potatoes from the pot.

And your favorite stuffing– while you can eat instant pot sweet potatoes as it is with bit of butter with salt and pepper or you can stuff with your favorite stuffing. We are thinking BBQ chicken (shredded), roasted chickpeas with pesto, or simply maple syrup, cinnamon powder, ginger powder and pepper.

Perfect every time, fluffy and creamy Instant pot sweet potatoes. Perfect start to fall with these sweet potatoes in instant pot that can be served so many ways.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2people

Ingredients

2large sweet potatoes

1cupwater

To serve

Salt and pepper for seasoning

1tablespoonbutter cubes

Parsley for garnish

Or

Spicy roasted chickpeas

Walnut pesto

Parsley for garnish

Instructions

First prep potatoes -

Scrub potatoes, and wash well under running tap. Using a fork prick few holes all over sweet potatoes to ensure steam is evenly distributed and potatoes don’t explode.

Instant pot settings -

Pour water. Place steamer trivet inside the pot. Arrange potatoes along with skin on the trivet. Close lid, ensure pressure knob is in SEALING position. Select PRESSURE COOK setting on the pot and adjust timer to 20 minutes. Please note time setting depends on the size of potatoes that you use.

Once cooking time is complete, NATURAL RELEASE for 5 minutes then MANUAL RELEASE by turning pressure valve to VENTING position.

Open pot once pressure valve drops down.

In my case one of the potatoes blistered perfectly in the middle and for other one there was a small opening at one end.

If potato skins don’t open up, carefully tear open the skin of the potatoes in the middle leaving the ends intact. Using a fork mask the potato well.

To serve -

Sprinkle rock salt, pepper over the mashed potato. Place a cube of butter sprinkle with chopped parsley or cilantro. Warmth inside potatoes will melt the butter. Mix it up and eat it just as it is with a spoon.

For extra texture, flavor and taste- to mashed sweet potato spoon in spicy roasted chickpeas and top with walnut pesto. Serve hot sprinkled with fresh parsley.

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